Terrence W. Simon
TerrenceW.Simon,Professor,DepartmentofMechanicalEngieering,UniversityofMinnesotaResearch:Majorresearchinterestsincludeexperimentsinheatandmomentumtransferinturbulent,transitionalandunsteadyflowsandheattransferwithchangeofphase.Experimentalmethodsincludeflowvisualization,energybalancetechniques,thermocouples,resistancetemperaturedetection,hot-wireanemometryandliquidcrystalvisualization.Workonturbulentandtransitionalflowsincludestheinvestigationofheatandmomentumtransferthroughboundarylayersandwithinoscillatoryflows.Studiesof3-Dflowandheattransferfocusontheendwallandfilmcoolingmixingzonesofgasturbines.Heattransferstudieswithchangeofphaseincludesubcooledandsaturatedboiling.Resultsoftheabovetopicswillbeappliedtodesignofgasturbines,radiationsources,electronicequipment,particleacceleratortargetandStirlingcycleengines.